The BEA’s Second GDP Estimate for the second quarter shows a slight upward revision in GDP from 4.1% to 4.2%, seasonally-adjusted annualized.
In the second estimate, the BEA also releases its first (preliminary) take on corporate profits for the the quarter.
Econoday provides a nice graph.
Details (Table 10)
- After-tax corporate profits rose a year-on-year 6.7 percent in the second quarter to $1.969 trillion without inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments.
- Pretax profits on this basis were $2.206 trillion for only a 0.2 percent yearly gain that, in comparison to the strong gain for after-tax profits, underscores the significant effect of this year’s corporate tax cut.
- When including inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, pre-tax corporate profits rose a year-on-year 7.7 percent to $2.250 trillion with after-tax profits at $2.013 trillion for a 16.1 percent gain.
- Taxes on corporate income, at $237.1 billion and which are calculated on this basis, fell 33.4 percent from the second quarter of 2017.
Wages (Table 8)
Wages and salaries rose 1.1% (not adjusted for inflation), from $8.71 trillion to $8.81 trillion.
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Someone explain how the stock market continues to levitate when at best, profits are only up 6.7% y/y.
Everything is going up … including the level of bear capitulation.